Some opioids are over the counter drugs, it is quite easy for people to get their hands on them. Because they are so often prescribed for pain, they are easy for anyone to start using and than the patients become hooked off of their prescription. The doctors are prescribing their patients with something to ease the pain, but will eventually put them in more pain. Though some of these opioids are easy to get over the counter they are quite expensive. For these addicts that aren’t the wealthiest, it is quite hard to keep paying for bottle after bottle. So instead, their next possible resolution is a cheaper street drug, which may result in worse effects than prescribed opioids, such as death.